12235 - Should copy files, not aliases, into new profile directories

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core Graveyard :: Profile: BackEnd, defect, P2)

Description

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

If I create a new profile on Mac, the profile folder is created in the wrong
place. Instead of being in <system disk>:Documents:Mozilla, it was created
inside a folder with no name in the same directory as apprunner. This is bad.

Also, when creating a new profile, the folder ends up with aliases of the files
in the profile/default directory, which is wrong. The files should be copied,
and not aliased (since files like bookmarks.html get modified at runtime, and
we should never be modifying files that are in the tree (via alias)).

Comment 1

[selmer (gone)]

gfx text widget problem.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12186 ***

Comment 2

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

Please note the other issues noted here:

Also, when creating a new profile, the folder ends up with aliases of the files
in the profile/default directory, which is wrong. The files should be copied,
and not aliased (since files like bookmarks.html get modified at runtime, and
we should never be modifying files that are in the tree (via alias)).

Comment 3

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

Please note the other issues noted here:



Also, when creating a new profile, the folder ends up with aliases of the files

in the profile/default directory, which is wrong. The files should be copied,

and not aliased (since files like bookmarks.html get modified at runtime, and

we should never be modifying files that are in the tree (via alias)).

Comment 4

[selmer (gone)]

Gayatri, Looks like the recursive copy routine on the mac isn't doing the right
thing.  Can you look into this one?  Thanks,  Steve

Comment 5

[gayatrib]

Thanks to Simon's help, this has been fixed.

Comment 6

[Grace Bush]

build 1999100713

Comment 7

[leger]

Moving all Profile Manager bugs to new Profile Manager Backend component.
Profile Manager component to be deleted.